ECON 422 A: Investment, Capital, and Finance

Intertemporal optimization: consumption and portfolio allocation decisions of households, investment and financing decisions of firms. Introduction to financial decisions under uncertainty. Portfolio theory, asset pricing, options, and futures. Financial market institutions and efficiency. Course overlaps with: FIN 467. Prerequisite: a minimum grade of 2.0 in ECON 300; and either ECON 311, STAT 311, STAT 390, or Q SCI 381.